Compared with my Windows 2000 PC with similar spec the laptop 'feels'
considerably more sluggish - in fact when it has been running for a
while sometimes things get so bad that it almost grinds to a halt when I
have several applications running simultaneously.

I realise that Windows XP requires more resources than Windows 2000, and
I seem to remember being told once that laptops in general require more
resources than PCs, but I wonder if there is anything I can do to
improve the situation.

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On 07.01.2006 16:22 UK Time, doodle wrote:
> Herb Wrote:
>
>>I have a Windows XP laptop with a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor and 512
>>MB
>>of RAM (see
>>http://tinyurl.com/da3ur).
>>
>>Compared with my Windows 2000 PC with similar spec the laptop 'feels'
>>considerably more sluggish - in fact when it has been running for a
>>while sometimes things get so bad that it almost grinds to a halt when
>>I
>>have several applications running simultaneously.
>>
>>I realise that Windows XP requires more resources than Windows 2000,
>>and
>>I seem to remember being told once that laptops in general require
>>more
>>resources than PCs, but I wonder if there is anything I can do to
>>improve the situation.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>--
>>Herbert Eppel
>>www.HETranslation.co.uk
>
>
> The PC shouldnt be that slow since u have 512 RAM. Have you installed
> any programs lately which might be starting at boot? Try keeping only
> the essential stuff to load during startup. Examine ur HDD for trash,
> run disk cleanup and chkdsk, Ananlyze for fragmentation and defrag. Are
> u sure its free from nasties?
>
>

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Herb Wrote:
> I have a Windows XP laptop with a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor and 512
> MB
> of RAM (see
> http://tinyurl.com/da3ur).
>
> Compared with my Windows 2000 PC with similar spec the laptop 'feels'
> considerably more sluggish - in fact when it has been running for a
> while sometimes things get so bad that it almost grinds to a halt when
> I
> have several applications running simultaneously.
>
> I realise that Windows XP requires more resources than Windows 2000,
> and
> I seem to remember being told once that laptops in general require
> more
> resources than PCs, but I wonder if there is anything I can do to
> improve the situation.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Herbert Eppel
> www.HETranslation.co.uk

The PC shouldnt be that slow since u have 512 RAM. Have you installed
any programs lately which might be starting at boot? Try keeping only
the essential stuff to load during startup. Examine ur HDD for trash,
run disk cleanup and chkdsk, Ananlyze for fragmentation and defrag. Are
u sure its free from nasties?

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